Because Of You

Chapter 274: Because Of You Roman I had questions. A lot of them. Questions that clawed at the back of my skull the moment consciousness fully returned to me—questions layered on top of confusion, pain, and a deep, gnawing sense that something was wrong. Most of those questions would turn into arguments. Possibly fights. Definitely explosions. That was the only reason I wasn’t asking them yet. Not now. Not when Savannah was still hovering beside me like I might disappear if she blinked too long. The question I wanted to ask the most—the one that made my chest tighten every time I looked at her—was simple. Why are you here in Blackwood Manor? The one place I had spent a lot of my time and effort trying to keep her away from. Everything I’d done. Every sacrifice. Every lie. Even the distance I’d put between myself and her then—it had all been to keep Savannah out of this house. And now she was here. Everything was a mess. The doctor had come in not long after I’d woken up, pok